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Ministry of Law and Justice
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Promotion of e-Lok Adalat
Steps taken by Legal Services Authorities to promote e-Lok Adalats include - Standard Operating Procedure for conduct of e-Lok Adalat, Technical training through System officers to the Court Staff, Whatsapp groups for litigants, advocates and respondents for conveying them relevant information/ link for attending e-Lok Adalats and Video conferencing link and cause list displayed on the website of the District Courts.
Lok Adalat is not a permanent establishment and is organised at such intervals as felt required with a view to reduce pendency of cases in courts and settle disputes at pre-litigation stage. During the covid pandemic, the Legal Services Authorities under the aegis of National Legal Services Authority  ingeniously integrated technology to move Lok Adalat on to the virtual platform, better known as e-Lok Adalats. Since e-Lok Adalats are organized simultaneously with regular Lok Adalats, benches are constituted on the basis of volume of cases referred by various courts or tribunals and institutions for pre-litigation cases.
The first e-Lok Adalat was held in Madhya Pradesh on 27.06.2020. The detail of e-Lok Adalats organized from June, 2020 to June, 2022 in 28 States/UTs including Maharashtra is at Annexure-A.
The Lok Adalats are most effective mode of Alternative Dispute Resolution  mechanism in arresting the mounting arrears of the Courts including High Courts. 38.36 lakh pre-litigation cases and 8.34 lakh pending cases in Courts have been disposed of by e-Lok Adalats during June, 2020 to June, 2022.
Annexure-A
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S. No.
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Name of the State Authority
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Pre-Litigation Cases
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Pending Cases in Courts
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Total
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Taken Up
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Disposal
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Taken Up
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Disposal
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Taken Up
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Disposal
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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659
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212
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22,058
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15,486
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22,717
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15,698
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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141
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18
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67
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23
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208
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41
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3
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Bihar
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58,182
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17,469
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9,023
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3,078
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67,205
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20,547
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4
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Chhattisgarh
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13,052
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7,739
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13,443
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8,138
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26,495
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15,877
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5
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Goa
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0
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0
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170
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65
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170
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65
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6
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Gujarat
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46,189
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3,521
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37,738
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20,945
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83,927
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24,466
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7
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Haryana
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3,755
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3,625
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9,565
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4,985
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13,320
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8,610
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8
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Himachal Pradesh
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130
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59
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416
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244
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546
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303
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9
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Jammu & Kashmir
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2,281
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1,575
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8,923
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6,291
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11,204
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7,866
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10
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Jharkhand
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1,81,033
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1,17,468
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58,832
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37,411
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2,39,865
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1,54,879
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11
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Karnataka
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20,558
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11,885
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2,98,476
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1,73,188
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3,19,034
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1,85,073
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12
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Kerala
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3,985
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986
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35,541
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25,271
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39,526
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26,257
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13
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Madhya Pradesh
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3,661
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312
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36,592
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8,385
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40,253
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8,697
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14
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Maharashtra
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1,57,34,249
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35,13,112
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16,67,214
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3,45,445
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1,74,01,463
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38,58,557
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15
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Manipur
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881
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738
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172
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91
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1,053
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829
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16
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Meghalaya
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133
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33
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25
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8
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158
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41
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17
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Mizoram
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1,856
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283
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168
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47
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2,024
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330
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18
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Odisha
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23,806
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1,143
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24,272
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4,236
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48,078
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5,379
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19
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Punjab
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5,327
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536
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9,387
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6,639
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14,714
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7,175
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20
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Rajasthan
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36,725
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6,438
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57,865
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29,674
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94,590
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36,112
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21
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Sikkim
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877
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241
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198
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55
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1,075
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296
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22
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Telangana
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887
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862
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12,450
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10,408
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13,337
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11,270
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23
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Tripura
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2,350
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505
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1,472
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169
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3,822
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674
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24
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Uttar Pradesh
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2,01,350
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1,33,924
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62,972
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39,738
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2,64,322
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1,73,662
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25
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Uttarakhand
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3,591
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408
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12,168
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4,210
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15,759
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4,618
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26
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West Bengal
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15,654
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1,924
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11,867
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8,777
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27,521
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10,701
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27
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Chandigarh
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0
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0
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70
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12
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70
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12
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28
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Delhi
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14,439
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11515
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95,489
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81,964
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1,09,928
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93,479
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Grand Total
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1,63,75,751
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38,36,531
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24,86,633
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8,34,983
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1,88,62,384
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46,71,514
This information was given by the Minister for Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.